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6 unusual facts about Takashi Murakami


Conrad Bo

The Superstroke Art Movement is a direct decedent of the concept of Generalism, and according to Bo, it is also greatly influenced by the Superflat, the Japanese Art Movement founded by Takashi Murakami.

Henmaru Machino

Most of his work has emerged within a paradigm of Hentai manga and images, but some has appeared in galleries; several of his pieces were part of Takashi Murakami's traveling Superflat exhibition.

Marc-Olivier Wahler

From 2000 to 2006, Wahler ran the SI (Swiss Institute – Contemporary Art) in New York and curated large projects with artists such as Christoph Büchel, Jim Shaw, Ugo Rondinone, Valentin Carron, Urs Fischer, Takashi Murakami, Martin Creed, and Aleksandra Mir.

Masakatsu Iwamoto

Mr. was discovered by Takashi Murakami in 1995 and since then has been involved with Murakami's art organization Kaikai Kiki.

Michal Wisniowski

Influenced by the work of Japanese pop artists such as Takashi Murakami, Wisniowski's work also comments on otaku lifestyle, consumerism, and politics.

Yoshinori Kanada

These two works also served as partial inspiration for Takashi Murakami's Superflat art movement.


Michel Majerus

Other painters represented in “Painting Pictures” included Takashi Murakami, Sarah Morris, Franz Ackermann, Matthew Ritchie, Torben Giehler and Erik Parker.


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